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Seljukian
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English
Alternative forms
en Saljuqian Saljūqian rare
en Seljuckian Seljoukian Seljookian obsolete
Etymology
en :af Seljuk -ian + 1
Pronunciation
en /sɛlˈd͡ʒukiən/ /sɛld͡ʒʌkiən/
en ukiən ʌkiən 3
Adjective
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en historical uncommon en Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
en 1921 T.F. Tout The Empire and the Papacy, 918-1273 https://books.google.com/books?id=QtvQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 107 Romanus IV Romanus at once took the field against the Seljukian hordes, who were now devastating Cappadocia with fiendish cruelty, and had just captured Caesarea and plundered the shrine of Basil of Caesarea St. Basil.
2018, Piyush Tiwari & al., Delhi's Changing Built Environment, §4.7:
This was the time when the Seljukian Empire in West Asia was dissolved by Mongol invasions, thus causing the out-migration of Seljukian artisans and craftsmen, many of whom found refuge in India under the Khiljis...
Derived terms
en Seljukian Empire
Noun
en historical uncommon en Seljuk, a member of the Seljuk dynasty or person of their empire.
en 1908 John Henry Newman Historical Sketches I https://books.google.com/books?id=gD1wDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 76 Zingis came down upon the Seljukians, and Timour came down upon the Ottomans.
en 2019 January Türker Elitaş; et al Reading Turkey's New Vision Based Real Policies through an Identity and Their Presentation in Series as a Soft Power... Journal of Social Sciences 8 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=KS-SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54 54 Living a nomadic life under the leadership of Suleyman Shah, Kai tribe was involved in many battled with Mongol on one hand and Turkmens on the other hand, and at the same time, it had disagreements with Seljukians and suffered famine, drought, and diseases.